Shawn Monroe

Don't overthink or plan it. Just communicate openly with him and go with the flow.
 
I just spent 10 days in Hawaii with a regular. It went by in a flash. And we made zero plans beforehand.

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Do not ask “are you in law enforcement?” in your texts. It makes you look amateurish and implies you’re doing something illegal.
 
Aside from that, in spite of the widely held (and ridiculous) belief that a cop must tell you he’s a cop, he doesn’t. So there’s no point in asking anyway.

Yessssss

I’ve done a few “extended period of time” arrangements, the longest being Friday at 1am (about when my flight got in) to Saturday at 7am (enough time for me to fly home and get to Texas for a wedding).
 
Though there was a lot of discussion and lead time, we didn’t discuss too much of the specifics before, though some was implied.
 
Started with a massage and HE. then we slept in, breakfast in bed, he showed me some of the city, then dinner and a comedy show, then more some more fun.
 
So I think we both got off twice. No down time for me. In a few instances where I’ve had a longer arrangement, an event - something where I was a companion like a concert or comedy show - worked well.
 
But it does at least work to have some of the arrangemeents worked out beforehand.

All good points here. To add:
 
What you wear matters. You may think that since you’ll be naked and taking your clothes off anyway, that sweats is fine, but it generally isn’t. Look nice when you open the door.
 
Also confirm rates and amount of time spent before hand. Especially on masseurfinder, Some guys don’t click through to individual profile pages from the city page, and may ask think that your rate for everything is the rate that it says “starting at”. Heck - some don’t look at rates at all before they contact you. Make sure that all expectations are taken care of beforehand.
 
Be open to accepting different types of payment. Cash, the cash app, Venmo, square, etc - you’ll get asked about them all.
 
Also make the massage your own / special / unique.
 
If I can think of anything else I’ll add it, but these are some of my experiences that I’ve learned that haven’t been said already.
 
I’ve akso learned some things here, so that’s cool.

I’ve had a few experiences with blindfolds. One was just a smaller towel over my eyes which was nice because I didn’t know what was coming and the anticipation made it a amazing.
 
Another was a full ritual with a real blindfold. 2 guys massaging me in rhythm. I was completely taken on a choreographed experience.

All good points here. To add:
 
What you wear matters. You may think that since you’ll be naked and taking your clothes off anyway, that sweats is fine, but it generally isn’t. Look nice when you open the door.
 
Also confirm rates and amount of time spent before hand. Especially on masseurfinder, Some guys don’t click through to individual profile pages from the city page, and may ask think that your rate for everything is the rate that it says “starting at”. Heck - some don’t look at rates at all before they contact you. Make sure that all expectations are taken care of beforehand.
 
Be open to accepting different types of payment. Cash, the cash app, Venmo, square, etc - you’ll get asked about them all.
 
Also make the massage your own / special / unique.
 
If I can think of anything else I’ll add it, but these are some of my experiences that I’ve learned that haven’t been said already.
 
I’ve akso learned some things here, so that’s cool.

All good points here. To add:
 
What you wear matters. You may think that since you’ll be naked and taking your clothes off anyway, that sweats is fine, but it generally isn’t. Look nice when you open the door.
 
Also confirm rates and amount of time spent before hand. Especially on masseurfinder, Some guys don’t click through to individual profile pages from the city page, and may ask think that your rate for everything is the rate that it says “starting at”. Heck - some don’t look at rates at all before they contact you. Make sure that all expectations are taken care of beforehand.
 
Be open to accepting different types of payment. Cash, the cash app, Venmo, square, etc - you’ll get asked about them all.
 
Also make the massage your own / special / unique.
 
If I can think of anything else I’ll add it, but these are some of my experiences that I’ve learned that haven’t been said already.
 
I’ve akso learned some things here, so that’s cool.

In my experience holidays, including summer and weekends, are more hit or miss compared to weekdays. When I do get work during these times, it often tends to be longer/higher-paying sessions tho.
 
Many guys have plans with friends or family and are unavailable. But the ones who do not have plans, are often free for much longer sessions than they ordinarily would be. I get more dinner dates, lunch dates, 8 hours bookings & overnights during weekends, holidays, and summers. But my overall booking volume will be much lower. I tend to avoid touring during holidays for this reason. Holidays are good times to work your base location, in my opinion/experience.

Masseur = male massage therapist
Masseuse = female massage therapist
(Another data point to see if someone is likely legit, if he calls himself by the wrong title )

Totally unrelated but your signature on here just gave me a good idea and I'm not gonna make mine exactly the way you've done yours but uhh.. you might notice some influence

Hmmmm...I hate to be nit picky and not agree with my friend @Shawn Monroe, but it’s one of those things that I would have to say is more of a personal preference, than a law.
 
I’ve had clients come see me in everything from the econo lodge up to the entire family of Sheraton, Mariott and Hilton. I’ve only once had a client balk at me staying at a doors outside hotel. That was in Houston, and I doubt it was because of the hotel anyway.
 
The thing is, that same rule ends up being applied to clients as well...which can be unfair. I’ve made as much money in an hour at motels as I’ve done in hotels. Some clients stay in motels due to pets, or saving money to hire escorts
 
Also, if anyone remembers...the Boston murders that took place years ago, happened to a provider who was staying inside a doors in hotel. Granted, cameras helped catch the suspect, but those same cameras can also cause an escort to get spotted and get kicked out.
 
I’ve also stayed at a doors in hotel (Phoenix, Arizona), and had my car broken into. I’ve never had my car messed with in a doors outside hotel. I usually park in front of my room and leave the curtains open. Personally, if it were up to me...I’d choose those hotels all the time. I hate walking miles thru hallways and elevators, especially when I’m already tired from traveling. But I realize they tend to be run of the mill. Also in the summer, flies get into doors out motels much easier (speaking of which, my worst fly infestation at motels happened to be in Oklahoma City of all places lol)
 
I personally have to switch between upscale and low budget hotels for my comfort. Sometimes I get so tired of these posh business hotels where everyone is White, dressed suit and tie, and sitting around talking about work and politics. On weekends, all the families pack the nice hotels and get on my fucking nerves with their kids and shit. Sometimes I just want to park the car, and walk straight to my room without seeing anyone except my next client. And that usually involves getting a 1st floor room where I only walk 6 feet from the trunk of my car, to the front door of the room.
 
The ONLY budget hotel chain I would not recommend, is Motel 6. Simply because their beds are like bunks, and even though their new style is cleaner, the rooms are often like children’s rooms and beds...and I’ve got a sensative back that hurts in the mornings on flimsy beds. Rodeway inn, America’s best Inn, and Econo Lodge seem to have a knack for not making budget motels FEEL like budget motels

It’s kind of my specialty, but unfortunately I’m on the opposite side of the country from LA. If you ever find yourself in Orlando or this coast in general let me know, whatever you have in mind I’m sure we can make it happen.

Definitely can see that. No spas here do stomach, glutes or inner thighs either, so I’m with you and I charge approx what they do but with to your door (or incall) service that includes all the areas spas miss, so they can’t compete and the Disney Tourists who are planning on paying the crazy resort prices anyway, are happy to pay for room service massage that hits all the spots for less than what the resort spa would charge.
 
I think I mentioned “for your area,” I know the price difference between BFE and NYC is pretty drastic, I’m in Orlando so I was using examples from my area, so your prices may vary drastically either way above or way below.
 
Just suggesting a new masseur takes location into account and fairness for the area, $150 for strictly therapeutic in Disney Orlando is more than fair and less than most spas, you could probably do $200 if you wanted to, but I don’t want to be the guy who nickel and dimes people, so it’s a halfway point. $150 to local orlando is a little excessive and I’ve seen new masseurs as low as $65 (which is a red flag to me to be so low compared to the standard), so I do $100 an hour for outcall therapeutic outside of Disney to take locals and travelers not on a saved vacation budget into account, to this day though the resorts always glare at me walking my table through the hotel haha.
 
I still see people come out of nowhere trying $250+ for an hour therapeutic, then they disappear a month or so in and I’m sure they wonder why, it’s not a get rich quick scheme but building relationships with clients over time, lots of communication, marketing, keeping your client base happy while always taking new ones. I feel like some new people see the rates and think they will be making 6 figures in a week and don’t realize that for every hour actually spent working there are probably 4 or more hours communicating, marketing, advertising, and scheduling for future appointments, so your 10 hour workday varies, dead days you get 1 paid hour out of it, busier days (Wednesday oddly enough blows up here aside from the obvious Friday and weekends) you might get paid for 8 hours and then adding travel and such it’s a loooong 12 hour day.
 
That’s another good one for new masseurs:
 
Be realistic with your expectations, some weeks you will be completely booked out to the point you skip meals and stay up late to fit everyone in, some weeks you will only have your regulars, and it takes time to build those regulars, so don’t expect overnight success, you need a wide skill set outside of the massage itself to make it work. In the beginning you might have half a week between appointments once the “fresh meat” phase wears off unless you have built up to having those regulars.

This seems like something that needs to be adjusted by market. For example, I have watch visiting masseurs stay on "Available Now" for a long time, then look at their prices for my market and see why. You can be new to an area but if you are still priced out of range, locals may just go with the cheaper locals. You should try to be competitive at least to the area that you are in. Sometimes, that may mean going up in price as well to be on par. If I know I can get everything I need from a masseur I hire regularly for $X, it is hard to justify paying a 'new' guy $X for half as much time when both or "Available Now" just to say I've tried them, especially when there's few reviews out there.
 
Which brings me to, if you are traveling, may want to let people know if the hotel you are in has free parking or not. Or even convenient street parking. I always find it interesting that some masseurs get in hotels that are clearly in the $200+ a night range downtown and wonder if they'd be better off maximizing profits by going to a spot just in the suburbs that may be a little cheaper.

Everyone here has really nailed it from both the client and the masseur side. I wish I knew about this forum when I first started, would have saved me a lot of meh experiences.
 
As a masseur/scort my advice would be(sorry for repeats, I feel they are important enough to read again):
 
-DO go with your gut, if you get a bad feeling through a call, imagine the feeling you’ll get when you knock on the door, instinct is usually right and although it only happened once, I had to leave a service halfway into it, and that’s me, and I’m an “anything goes” fetish friendly experience, so imagine the amount of creep it takes to make me walk out the door.
 
-DO get a professional scheduling app(online scheduling if you can) to keep track of appointments, even better if clients can see your schedule and book their own appointments.
 
-DO be open minded. Even if you want to be 100% legit and therapeutic, clients make requests constantly, always consider them and their comfort, I have done strictly therapeutic massages nude because I have clients that are more comfortable not being the only one naked in the room. There is nothing wrong or illegal about 2 adults being nude in a room together, you can relax some and still be a legit professional.
 
-DO NOT take appointments that you can’t keep. When you start out you are fresh meat and you’ll get a sudden influx of appointments, don’t let it go to your head, you are being tested, do well and word will spread.
 
-DO NOT use your phone during appointments! I have an iPhone and I turn on driving mode and set up an auto reply that states I’m in an appt and will get back immediately after, that way people know I’m busy, not ignoring them, and clients don’t have a therapist hovering over his phone.
 
-BIOTONE period. Coconut oil is a good 2nd Incase they prefer oil.
 
Lastly, be fair, charge the standard rate in your area FOR THE SERVICES OFFERED, don’t charge $150 an hour for a therapeutic, at the same time don’t lowball yourself, don’t charge $50 an hour for erotic(or people will think you are either terrible at it or desperate). Price takes practice and fine tuning, you’ll find what is both fair to clients and gets you enough appointments to pay your bills.
 
It’s all about the regulars. They are loyal, they deserve more, go with a regular over a new guy if you have to pick one, and I ALWAYS give my regulars free upgrades. Over deliver consistently.
 
Sorry it’s so long, TLDR Don’t get cocky, treat your regulars with the respect they deserve, be creative and be ready for some situations you didn’t prepare for.

Always post current pics that truly reflects how you look. Even if you have wrinkles and don’t have a six pack that’s ok. Confidence is sexy. And we all like different things.

Always post current pics that truly reflects how you look. Even if you have wrinkles and don’t have a six pack that’s ok. Confidence is sexy. And we all like different things.

Tons of great tips here...
 
Some masseurs doesn’t know this. As a client your face is down and you have no idea what’s going on inside the room. (Even if you know it’s just the two of you) So try to minimize or if possible have at least one hand always in contact with your client throughout the duration of the massage. It gives a client a sense of security during the massage session.
 
Hope this helps...

Always express gratitude for tips.
Can be a quick text right after the session.

This goes both ways. If you have pets disclose this in advance due to allergies and lock them up. I don’t have allergies but I don’t appreciate cats and dogs around me when I’m getting a massage and worse... when a cat or dog use my clothes as a bed

I’ve done a few “extended period of time” arrangements, the longest being Friday at 1am (about when my flight got in) to Saturday at 7am (enough time for me to fly home and get to Texas for a wedding).
 
Though there was a lot of discussion and lead time, we didn’t discuss too much of the specifics before, though some was implied.
 
Started with a massage and HE. then we slept in, breakfast in bed, he showed me some of the city, then dinner and a comedy show, then more some more fun.
 
So I think we both got off twice. No down time for me. In a few instances where I’ve had a longer arrangement, an event - something where I was a companion like a concert or comedy show - worked well.
 
But it does at least work to have some of the arrangemeents worked out beforehand.

DO NOT use free streaming apps for MUSIC... Is very annoying to trying to relax with some music when suddenly there are ads about getting out of debt or bail bonds, etc... better not to have music at all. And also the ads played say A LOT about you.